Improvement in combined cultivator and grain-drill



J. GARE.v

Grain Drill. No. 107.359. Patented sept. 13, 1870.

l NAEETEHS, PHQTQLITHGGRAPHER. wAsHmaToN, D c,

sind 'lter-tts JOHN eran, or srrromlLLrNors.

Laim Pme No. 107,359, am: sqmmter 13, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN eoMBINED cULTIvAToR AND etaient-DR;nu.v

.The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern.-

4Be it lniowu that I, JOHN GIRE, of the town of Sipton,1n the county ofFayette, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvcments in Combined Oultivator and Grain-Drill,

and do hereby declare .that the following is a full, clear, andcxactdescription themed-reference being had to the accompanying drawing. andto th'e letters of ref crence marked thereon making a part of thisspecification.

The nat-ure of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof 4a combined cultivator and 4grain-drill,77 as will be hereinafterfully set forth. In order to enable others skilledin the art to'which myinvention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed todescribe its construction and operation, referring tothe annexeddrawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side view, and Figure 2 a plan. view ofmy machine.

Figure 3 is a front view of the center of -the forward axle.

A represents the-front bolster,' to which the side beams Bl B, centerbeam BP, and intermediate beams Bz B2 are eecured, all of said beamsbeing connected by means of a cross-bar, C,a's shown in lig.- 2, andform. the frame of my machine.

-This flame, with the entire machine, is supported ou four wheels, thefront wheels D D supporting the weight, which in other drills orcultivators is upon the horses7 necks.

To the beams B, B1, and B2, the cultivator-teeth E AE are attached inany suitable manuel'.

The front bolster A is supported upon the forward axle G, one or morewashers, a, being inserted between them, as shown in fig. 3, andtheking-bolt b a swiveled wheel, J.

At the upper end of.Y the rod I is aA ring, b', through which passes alever, K, pivoted Vin a standard ou .the front bolster A.

Aspring, d', isplaced around the rod I, between the beam B1 aud the ringb', which/spring raises the rod and wheel up.l

By pressing down upon the lever K, audfastening the end of the sameinthe `hook e', the wheel J is lowered so-as to raise the front carriageand turn the machine upon.

On the rear ends of the side beams B B the seedbox L is attached, in anysuitable manner, so that it can be readily removed at will.

In this box is a roller, M, which is operated by means vof a cog-wheel,N, attached to one of its Iouruals, andmeshing' with another cogwheel,O, upon the rear axle H.

The roller M is on its circumference 4provided with four rows'of holesrunning lengthwise on the roller, as shown in fig. 2.

Above and oneach side ot' said roller, in .the box L, is a piece, P,which leaves just room enough between their inuer edges for the seed tovpass down.

The rear ends ofthe levers or arms ,V are connected,l

by straps, g, to a shaman, which is 'pivoted vin or at the rear ends ofthe side-beams B B.

This shaft is, by aired; h, connected with an arm on the shaft X, whichis pivoted in front of therear axle The shaft X is provided with alever, Y, by means of which the arms V and shoes -T may be raised up atany time by the drivel'.

The rod h also operates an arm on the shaft Z, to vwhich the upper endsof the springs f arey attached, and raising said springs 'at the sametime as the arms l lOn the shaft X are also secured two ca-ms orAscreweyes, i, which, when said shaft is turned by the lever Y, raisethe rear end of the frame, disengagiug the cog-wheels N and O, thusstopping the operation of the drill.

The grain-box L, with its attachments, may be readily ren1oved,'and themachine used asa com-cultivator, if so desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim .as new, andVdesire to secure by -Letters Patent, is-' 1. The arrangement of thefra'me A B C, axles G H, washers a a, b olts d (l, and nuts c e, allsubstantially. as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The arrangement -of the rodI, with wheel J,

ringb', spring d',"lever' K, aud,hook e', allsubstau tially as andfor/the purposes herein s et' forth.

3. The arrangement of the shoes T T, arms V V, straps g g, springs ff,shafts W X Z, rod It, andlever Y, all substantially as and for thepurposesherein set forth.

Witnesses WILLIAM FLOWERS, FREDRIGK ZEITLER.

